Kevin723 comments on Rationality Quotes: April 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Kevin723 09 April 2011 05:01:14PM 4 points [-]

if i believed when i turned off my computer it would need to be monitered by a specialist or it might not ever come back on again, i would be hesitant to turn it off as well

Comment author: gwern 09 April 2011 06:09:02PM 2 points [-]

And indeed, mainframes & supercomputers are famous for never shutting down or doing so on timespans measured in decades and with intense supervision on the rare occasion that they do.